On Thursday morning, lawyers believed that Muth was inside D.C. Superior Court, but he was not. When Judge Russell F. Canon called officials from the Department of Corrections, however, they told him that Muth had been rushed back to United Medical Center after being returned to jail on Wednesday night.

Muth has repeatedly denied involvement in Drath's death. At various times, he has said that his wife, a German-born journalist and socialite, had fallen and hit her head. He has also claimed that the murder was a hit by Iranian agents.